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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet, where it was transferred more or less complete preceding its demise in northern India in the thirteenth century AD. It is especially informative on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, but also deals at length with the earlier evolution of Buddhist doctrines, the 'Three Turnings of the Wheel', during the first thousand years. Thereafter, the author deals mainly with the Buddhist conversion of Tibet. He emphasizes the great importance played by the kingdoms of Central Asia along the ancient Silk Route in the gradual process of Tibetan conversion. Acknowledging his debt to other scholars of this little-known part of the world, Professor Snellgrove draws upon original sources to illustrate the cultural changes that came over Tibet as a result of its rule from the seventh to ninth centuries of an extensive…
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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors Tapa dura - 2004
de David Snellgrove
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- Título Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors
- Autor David Snellgrove
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 666
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Orchid Press, Bangkok, Thailand
- Fecha de publicación 2004
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9789745240131 / 9745240133
- Peso 2.3 libras (1.04 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.6 pulgadas (23.62 x 16.51 x 4.06 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.309
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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan Successors
de Snellgrove, David
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- Second edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789745240131 / 9745240133
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